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Book Matters: A Student Exhibition In The Watkinson Library, Trinity College

Watkinson Publications

"From the Watkinson Library to the Studio: Studying and Making Books at Trinity." Guide to a student exhibition held in Watkinson Library

Modern American Poets And Their Printers, Sally Dickinson

Watkinson Publications

Guide to Watkinson exhibit held in 2009

Catalysts For Religious Change: Monuments Of Reformation Printing, Jeffrey Kaimowitz

Watkinson Publications

Guide to an exhibit held by Watkinson Library, 2006.

The Reformation is perhaps the first great historical event where printing played an essential role. Indeed, as British historian Euan Cameron has pointed out, though printing did not cause the Reformation, it “was a catalyst, a precondition,” for it made possible swift, cheap, and widespread dissemination of information.

This exhibition introduces some important aspects of the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation by displaying a variety of printed materials. On a topic so wide ranging and complex, this can only be a sketch, but it will allow the viewer to perceive …

Alternative Voices: Artists’ Books, Comix, And Zines, Sally Dickinson

Watkinson Publications

Guide to Watkinson exhibition.

This exhibition is arranged primarily by theme and secondarily by structure. Added to the large representation of artists’ books are examples of other contemporary alternative voices such as Art Spiegelman’s comic, In the Shadow of No Towers, and Karen Switzer’s zine, Ker-bloom! These works form a group that is innovative, visual, and outside the mainstream publishing industry. Some works are collaborations. Several have musical and audio components. They all present a personal vision through exploration of processes, materials, and form, that we are invited to share.

From A To Z: An Exhibition Of Abc Books Selected From The John O.C. Mccrillis Collection, Alesandra M. Schmidt

Watkinson Publications

Guide to an exhibit held by the Watkinson Library, 1998.